US Intel Agencies Try to Strong-Arm Trump Into War with
Russia

The big shots who run the country are trying to strong-arm
the Donald into carrying their water so the depredations can
continue...

Last week・s 25-page report, that was released by the Director of National
Intelligence James Clapper, illustrates to what extent intelligence is being
"fixed around the policy".

Just as the CIA generated false information related to Weapons of Mass
Destruction to soften public resistance to war with Iraq, so too, the spurious
allegations in the DNI・s politically-motivated report are designed to depict
Russia as a growing threat to US national security.

The timing of the report has less to do with the election of Donald Trump as
President than it does with critical developments in Syria where the Russian
military has defeated US-proxies in Syria・s industrial hub, Aleppo, rolling
back Washington・s 15-year War of Terror and derailing the imperialist plan to
control vital resources and pipeline corridors across the Middle East and
Central Asia. Russia has become the main obstacle to Washington achieving its
strategic vision of pivoting to Asia and maintaining its dominant role into the
next century.

The Intelligence Community has been coerced into compromising its credibility
to incite fear of Russia and to advance the geopolitical ambitions of deep state
powerbrokers.

The "Russia hacking" flap shows how far the Intel agencies have veered from
their original mandate, which is to impartially gather and analyze information
that may be vital to US national security.

As we have seen in the last two weeks, the leaders of these organizations
feel free to offer opinions on issues that clearly conflict with those of the
new President-elect. Trump has stated repeatedly that he wants to reduce
tensions and reset relations with Russia, but that policy is being sabotaged by
members of the intelligence community, particularly CIA Director John Brennan
who appeared just last week on PBS Newshour with Judy Woodruff. Here・s an
excerpt from the interview:

"We see that there are still a lot of actions that Russia is undertaking that
undermine the principles of democracy in so many countries. What has happened in
our recent election is not new. The Russians have engaged in trying to
manipulate elections in Europe for a number of years・

the Russians tried to interfere in our electoral process recently, and were
actively involved in that. And that is something that we can・t countenance."
("Interview with CIA Director John Brennan", PBS Newshour)

Brennan, of course, provided no evidence for his claims nor did he mention
the hundreds of CIA interventions around the world. But Brennan・s accusations
are less important than the fact that his appearance on a nationwide broadcast
identifies him as a political advocate for policies that conflict with those of
the new president. Do we really want unelected intelligence officials ・ whose
job it is to provide the president with sensitive information related to
national security・ to assume a partisan role in shaping policy? And why would
Brennan ・whose is supposed to "serve at the pleasure of the president"・ accept
an invitation to offer his views on Russia when he knew they would be damaging
to the new administration?

Powerful people behind the scenes are obviously pushing the heads of these
intelligence agencies to stick to their ・anti-Moscow・ narrative to force Trump
to abandon his plan for peaceful relations with Moscow. Brennan isn・t calling
the shots and neither are Clapper or Comey. They・re all merely agents serving
the interests of establishment plutocrats whose geopolitical agenda doesn・t
jibe with that of the incoming administration. If that wasn・t the case, then
why would the Intelligence Community stake its reputation on such thin gruel as
this Russian hacking gibberish? It doesn・t make any sense.

The people who launched this campaign are either supremely arrogant or
extremely desperate. Which is it? Here・s an excerpt from an article by veteran
journalist Robert Parry sums it up like this in an article at Consortium
News:

"The DNI report amounted to a compendium of reasons to suspect that Russia
was the source of the information ・ built largely on the argument that Russia
had a motive for doing so because of its disdain for Democratic nominee Clinton
and the potential for friendlier relations with Republican nominee Trump.

But the case, as presented, is one-sided and lacks any actual proof. Further,
the continued use of the word "assesses" ・ as in the U.S. intelligence
community "assesses" that Russia is guilty ・ suggests that the underlying
classified information also may be less than conclusive because, in
intelligence-world-speak, "assesses" often means "guesses." ("US Report Still
Lacks Proof on Russia ・Hack・", Robert Parry, Consortium News)

Bottom line: Brennan and his fellow spooks have nothing. The report is little
more than a catalogue of unfounded assumptions, baseless speculation and
uncorroborated conjecture. In colloquial parlance, it・s bullshit, 100 percent,
unalloyed Russophobic horse-manure. In fact, the authors admit as much in the
transcript itself when they say:

"Judgments are not intended to imply that we have proof that shows something
to be a fact. Assessments are based on collected information, which is often
incomplete or fragmentary, as well as logic, argumentation, and precedents."

What kind of kooky admission is that? So the entire report could be BS but
we・re supposed to believe that Putin flipped the election? Is that it???

What・s really going on here? Why have the Intelligence agencies savaged
their credibility just to convince people that Russia is up to no good?

That・s why the Intel agencies have been employed to shape public perceptions
on Russia. Their job is to prepare the American people for an escalation of
hostilities between the two nuclear-armed superpowers. US powerbrokers are
determined to intensify the conflict and reverse facts on the ground. (Recent
articles by elites at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Brookings
Institute reveal that they are as committed to partitioning Syria as ever.)
Washington wants to reassert its exceptional role as the uncontested steward of
global security and the lone ・unipolar・ world power.The Russia hacking story
has more to do with recent developments in Syria than it does with
delegitimizing Donald Trump.

Aleppo was a real wake up call for the US foreign policy establishment which
is beginning to realize that their plans for the next century have been gravely
undermined by Russia・s military involvement in Syria. Aleppo represents the
first time that an armed coalition of allied states (Russia, Iran, Syria,
Hezbollah) have actively engaged US jihadist-proxies and soundly beat them to a
pulp. The stunning triumph in Aleppo has spurred hope among the vassal states
that Washington・s bloody military juggernaut can be repelled, rolled back and
defeated. And if Washington・s CIA-armed, trained and funded jihadists can be
repelled, then the elitist plan to project US power into Central Asia to
dominate the world・s most populous and prosperous region, will probably fail.
In other words, the outcome in Aleppo has cast doubts on Uncle Sam・s ability to
successfully execute its pivot to Asia.

That・s what this whole "hacking" fiasco is about. The big shots who run the
country are trying to strong-arm ・the Donald・ into carrying their water so the
depredations can continue and Central Asia can be transformed into a gigantic
Washington-dominated corporate free trade zone where the Big Money calls the
shots and Capital reigns supreme. That・s their dreamstate, Capitalist
Valhalla.

They just need Trump to get-with-the-program so the bloodletting can continue
apace.